but I admit I don't know the technical reasons why we have
the requirements we have today to begin with.
Because responsible folks don't listen to Moinak Ghosh's Belenix
minimize_Grub_bootImage - approach?
The primary requirements are internationalization (only easy for
western alphabets without a gui) and accessibility (significantly
more difficult to near-impossible in a non-gui environment)
In order to sell a product to the US govt, companies have to follow
the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which pulls in the section
508 statute:
http://www.section508.gov/
In 1998, Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act to require Federal
agencies to make their electronic and information technology
accessible to people with disabilities. Inaccessible technology
interferes with an individual's ability to obtain and use
information quickly and easily. Section 508 was enacted to
eliminate barriers in information technology, to make available
new opportunities for people with disabilities, and to encourage
development of technologies that will help achieve these goals.
The law applies to all Federal agencies when they develop,
procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology.
Under Section 508 (29 U.S.C. ‘ 794d), agencies must give
disabled employees and members of the public access to
information that is comparable to the access available to
others.
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/508/508home.html
Section 508 (http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/508/508law.html) requires
that Federal agencies' electronic and information technology is
accessible to people with disabilities, including employees and
members of the public.
-John
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